title sys.pdw_column_distribution_properties (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs ms.custom ms.date 03/03/2017 ms.prod sql-non-specified ms.reviewer ms.suite ms.technology database-engine ms.tgt_pltfrm ms.topic language-reference dev_langs TSQL ms.assetid 46b74f99-2e22-4dbd-872a-533fce0e239c caps.latest.revision 5 author barbkess ms.author barbkess manager jhubbard sys.pdw_column_distribution_properties (Transact-SQL) [!INCLUDEtsql-appliesto-xxxxxx-xxxx-asdw-pdw_md] Holds distribution information for columns. Column Name Data Type Description Range object_id int ID of the object to which the column belongs. column_id int ID of the column. distribution_ordinal tinyint Ordinal (1-based) within set of distribution. 0 = Not a distribution column. 1 = [!INCLUDEssSDW] is using this column to distribute the parent table. See Also SQL Data Warehouse and Parallel Data Warehouse Catalog Views